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The fact that Metroid Prime 1 was released in 2002 just baffles me, it still plays soo well in 2023! My favorite game of all time

Metroid is so underrated I'm glad people are giving it so much love.

Prime Echoes was fun to play, surprisingly challenging compared to the original and much darker. It shouldn't be slept on.

Metroid fusion will always be my favourite mainly because of the scary moments such as SA-X

Super Metroid isn’t just the definitive Metroid game, it’s likely the most refined side-scrolling platformer ever made. Easy to access, difficult to familiarize, and even more difficult to master, it contains layers upon layers of nuance that game designers are still trying to approximate nearly 30 years later. Limited only by the technology of the time in which it was made, Super Metroid is about as close to a perfect game as you can get. I’m glad that’s still recognized.

My Personal Top 5 list 1. Metroid Fusion 2. Metroid Dread 3. Super Metroid 4. Metroid Prime 2 5. Metroid Prime It’s insanely hard to rank a franchise that consists 80% of insanely well done games.

Prime 2 is at the top of my list. It took everything from prime 1 and added onto it. It also still holds up graphically, unlike the older gen games. I understand Metroid started as a 2d game, but the 3d Prime games are a near masterpiece

Picking the top 3 is fairly easy. The hard part is putting them in order from 1-3 - there's so much room for debate. They are all incredible games.

I liked Fusion more than Super. Yes, it's a bit less exploration, more direction. But not a single section was boring (like Maridia in Super). Also controls are refined to perfection in Fusion.

I love the fact that I got into this series already as an adult, so there's no nostalgia attached when I say that the Metroid series is one of the best franchises to ever come out. I tried playing Super Metroid as a kid and it didn't land with me, I was really confused all the time, so I dropped it and never played another game in the franchise. Then, fast forward to, I don't know, 15 years later and as I was watching The Completionist's video on Super Metroid, I got the urge to try the game again just because of how passionate he was when talking about it. And then it clicked and I instantly enjoyed the game. Not only that, but I got on such a roll that after beating it I played Zero Mission, Fusion, Samus Returns (and the unnoficcial AM2R) and Metroid Prime, all back to back! I went from only knowing Samus from the original Smash on the N64 to becoming a huge fan of the franchise in less than a year, such is the power of this franchise!

I would've switched Samus Returns with Zero Mission, but it's incredible how high the bar is in this series where almost every mainline game is really good.

I’m one of the weirdos who thought the Prime series got better as it went along, so Corruption was my personal favorite. But I definitely agree with Dread and Super being so high on the list.

Poor Other M... I love this game so much! Even though I agree that the story is not one of the best, and that it's really annoying to wait for Addam to allow the usage of abilities, I simply adore the gameplay! That game plays fast, it's filled with action pieces and badass finishers.

1: Metroid Prime 2 Echoes 2: Metroid Prime 3: Metroid Dread 4 Metroid Prime 3 Corruption 5: Super Metroid Those are my absolute favorites in the series. I played Super later in life but was introduced to the GameCube version first. All it took was a demo gameplay at a toy r us and the rest is history lol. The Quadra-axis from Prime 2 is still my favorite boss fight. A 3 part boss fight with no shelter from the environment and so on was just chefs kiss

My personal List from the games I’ve played: 10 Metroid: has anyone that I played this game in the past 20 years really enjoyed it? 9 Other M: A decent action game that makes a lot of stupid story decisions. 8 Zero Mission: why do some people like this game so much? It’s 10x better than the original and is an amazing remake but as a Metroid game it’s just so average 7 Samus Returns: 95% of the hate this game gets has nothing to do with the actual game. A great stepping stone for Dread and is very fun to play 6 Super Metroid: I’m sorry if this placement physically hurts you and I acknowledge that Super Metroid is a feat of level design genius but it’s just not that much fun and unintuitive 5 Corruption: Even the prime games at their worst are still amazing. The motion controls are tacky but the bosses and levels are fantastic 4 Fusion: weak level design and exploration is made up for by being atmospheric, hard, and very fun to play in an arcadey sort of way 3 Echoes: I’m convinced you have to play this game 2-3 times before the frustration goes away and you see it for the most bold and interesting game in the series 2 Dread: it’s just peak 2D Metroid and is nearly flawless 1 Prime: it’s perfect. Just go play the remaster right now

Please continue to number each entry like here love when you guys do that!!!

I looooooooooove the Metroid series!!! Personally, I rather like Prime 2 Echoes and Prime 3 Corruption-they are, IMO, quite underrated! And-again IMO-the things that make Other M different from the other Metroid games is what makes it neat! BTW, I hope that the other two Prime games get the Switch remaster treatment-wouldn’t it be awesome to have access to the entire trilogy on Switch? Also, I really want to see Zero Mission in the GBA lineup for NSO+EP!

Ah the original metroid, quite the shock when you had beaten the game and it was revealed you had played as Jennifer Lawrence the whole time.

I remember playing Metroid Prime Hunters on DS back in middle school when the DS was first released. Me and all my friends would sit in the gym and just play multiplayer the whole time. Great memories!

Great list! I think I might agree with it 100%. It would have been worth mentioning the new "Remaster" of Metroid Prime, though.

I consider Prime 2 to be better than 1. It's more challenging, the world is more interconnected, the dark atmosphere is terrifying and feels like the best atmosphere a Metroid game has ever provided and the music is impeccable. The combat is also way better with much more interesting puzzle solving. Really underrated gem of a game

I was from a different generation, Prime hunters was my Goldeneye. My friends and I would play that for hours back in the day 😢

You guys slept on Corruption hard. Play it again. It is the worst of the prime games, but its defs better as a package than Samus Returns, which was placed too high on the list.

Such a fantastic series. Hopefully we get some information on Prime 4 soon.

Spot on dude! 💯 specially those top 5…

Metroid Prime (and now it's remaster) is the king to me, personally. Super Metroid is a close second, but the wonder that I experienced from Prime back and 2002, and am now re-experiencing again today is just untouchable.

Personally I would put Metroid Prime #1, Metroid Dread #2, Super Metroid #3.

Actually a really good list! Coming from an old time fan of the franchise

I'm glad Super Metroid got the top spot. It really does deserve it. They caught lightning in a bottle with that one.

I just finished Metroid Dread yesterday. What an amazing game. Thanks for the video.

You did a video about Metroid. I approve.

Metroid fusion was a game I only played after getting it for free through the 3DS ambassador program, and boy did I love it in spite of how challenging it could be at times!

Whoop de doo, another retro top 10 list where the SotNs, the FF Tactics, the Super Metroids and OoTs take the no. 1 yet again. I'm glad Mario rankings exist. Those actually change up a bit from list to list.

Lol the bias when it comes to Super Metroid never ends

Metroid Prime was my first game in the Metroid series. i was blown away by the graphics and the detail of the world. exploration felt intuitive and the combat was fun but still difficult. probably one of my top 3 favorite games i've ever played.

Metroid Dread made me fall in love with the series and this kind of games in general

I have not yet been disappointed in a Metroid Game. Playing Fusion right now on Switch. Very fun.

I haven't played every metroid but I'm gonna rank the games I did play. Worst to best Metroid Metroid 2 return of samus Metroid zero mission Super metroid Metroid fusion Metroid dread (it might be the best game of all time IMO) I'll return after I've played the other games

Perfect list! considering in what era the game was released (sickly ahead of it's time) and how it aged, super metroid might be the best game ever made. A link to the past is the only compeditor... a tough one though.

It would have been nice if you included what consoles each game playes on

This is actually a really good list 👍

Agree with 1 and 2, one of the best games ever made, now that we get the Remaster of MP we can enjoy this gem 21 years later.

Raven beak is perfectly designed boss fight in entire series

The only Metroid games I have played were in the top three. Wrll I never played Prime, but have seen someone play it. Metroid is fun

Metroid prime 2 echoes was the hardest game i ever beat, "I'm a SoulsLike fan BTW", but its difficult isn't about fight enemys or bosses, the hardest thing in this game is to know where should you go next, the most part of the time you will be lost, thats a common thing on metroid games but its get worse on Prime echoes because of the dark world, sometimes you need to cross the dark world through portals to reach an objective in the light world and the portals are tricky, some need special things to be activated or its only functional in one of the two worlds, its a very challenging game.

You guys are insane for ranking Samus Returns higher than Zero Mission.

Really good list. Never understood all the hate for Other M. It plays really well and has a pretty good story. Especially the connection between her and Adam..

I'd swap Prime and Dread, and Zero Mission would be higher, with Fusion right below it. But other than that, solid list. Good video!

I haven't played many of the Metroid games, the only ones I've played (& finished) were the Metroid Prime trilogy & Fusion, that being said MP3 is one of my favorite games of all time!

One of My Most Favorite Metroid Games of Nintendo Throughout the Years are: Metroid Other M Metroid Prime Hunters Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Metroid: Zero Mission Metroid: Samus Returns Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Metroid Fusion Metroid Dread Metroid Prime Super Metroid These are My Most Favorite Metroid Games of Nintendo Throughout the Years I Absolutely Love Playing from my Childhood

nailed the top 3 tbh, although i would be tempted to put prime 2 echoes in the number 3 spot. Prime 2 imo could be better that prime 1 its soo damn good, but i do understand why people love prime 1 more. It's just a simpler version of prime, and it uses all of the classic biomes from super metroid which are hard to argue with, same with why ocarina of time is so great. it's alot easier for people to get a grasp of and feel a stronger connection to using the four elements. Snow, fire, forest and desert, then phazon mines, as opposed to echoes light and dark worlds across the temple grounds, bog and sky temple. But i love the power ups and bosses in prime 2 and the mechanics with the light and dark beams. great to have the screw attack back and wall jumps, and dark samus is a great villain. also the maps are across a much larger scale and i love the morphball canons across the map.

Echoes and corruption definitely aren’t getting the love they deserve. He didn’t mention anything good about echoes just the ammo systems flaws .smh. This list is very debatable

Those last three could seriously go either way, depending on who you’re talking to. I also would’ve put 2 and the original higher myself but this is a legit solid list.

I'm happy that Metroid is getting the love it deserves.

Even today, 25 years after playing Super Metroid (SNES), I remember this game as one of the best video games I ever played. Very intense atmosphere.

I’m so thankful we got the Prime Remastered, now I just new Super Metroid remastered with Dread’s controls.

That is just your opinion! I am a metroid fan since super but my fav. Is prime 2 100 %

Prime 3 and Samus Returns should switch spots. Prime 2 and 3 improved on the first in terms of story and environmental design. I'd go as far as saying that Prime 3 has some of the best environmental designs in any Nintendo game. Bryyo and Elysia had a really nice aesthetic. I think Dread was really good and refined 2D Metroid a great deal, but I think its environments and OST are forgettable. I don't think it had as strong a sense of Dread as Fusion or Prime 2. The EMMIs only being a threat in specific areas removed some of the tension for me since you never had to worry about them popping up in regular areas, like you did the SA-X and Dark Samus. I also think that Dread didn't do enough with Raven Beak as a character. You meet him once at the beginning and don't see him again until the end when he gives you a plot dump, and then you kill him. I was hoping they'd make him a rival on par with Dark Samus or Ridley, but since they've killed him off after one title that seems to be off the table. Dread also didn't explain the fallout from Fusion very well. It was odd to see Samus still working for the Federation after the events of Fusion. At the very least, the game could have touched on how the Feds addressed the rogue groups within their ranks. There are some interesting story implications in Dread that they can continue with in future titles, though.

Totally agree with every single rank! Also, recently replaying Fusion and Dread, I with Dead’s story wasn’t just copy and paste of Fusion. I love Dread totally, but hated the introduction which was poorly written. Also, Dread tries to be mysterious about Samus being a ……. But we know that from Fusion already. So the story to me is- Dread just replaced Galaxtic Federation with Raven Beak and Metroid’s/Space pirate X variants with Chozo robots and dead X soldiers. Also music in Dread is subpar. Bosses in Fusion (not saying better than Dreads-which were great) were more diverse. I wish Dread just had a better twist to the Chozo/Metroid lore. Otherwise gameplay was awesome, just wish Dread had more organic environments-they all feel too similar-more backstories to bosses. And anyone sad Samus didn’t have the chance to absorb the experiment Z-57 parasite? What skill could that be?! It would be sweet if you could gain slightly different built which would affect your playthrough. Overall, it might be one of the best 2D Metroids, but it still lacks in comparison to Super/Fusion. I can’t wait now for more Prime remakes! Thanks for the great video!

Super Metroid GOAT

I was expecting Prime to be at the top... But to see Super Metroid take the #1 spot because of it being the staple that every other game in the series is built upon? And it's style being the inspiration for countless metroidvania titles outside of the franchise? You know what, yeah. The team thought hard about this, and this wasn't just a great take - It was a smart take. Good list.

Totally agree with this list. This guy knows whats up. Super metroid is the perfect metroid game, it gives the player absolute freedom to explore whichever they want, something thst is missing even in prime 1. There is even videos about reverse boss order which is absolutely insane but it can be pulled off. Super metroif even has a reset glitch in which you can reset the entire game and start with all the power ups. Nothing can best that.

This list is really good, especially the top three. Super Metroid being the king of the franchise.

Great list! I do agree that Super Metroid should be #1 for the sole reason at how incredible the level design is and is still the best one of all Metroid. Games to this day try to meet the quality of level design of Super Metroid and it's the game that really created the Metroidvania genre

We have the same top 2. 👍 I play a Super Metroid randomizer quite often.

The series is not underrated. It is, however, often overlooked. Two different things. The series overall is rated very, very highly. The awareness of the game is however low. That doesn’t affect the fact that those people who are aware of the games almost all rave about them. Like me. They’re amazing.

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I understand all the mythology and legacy behind Super Metroid, but for me Metroid Prime is still the best the series has to offer. The new remake just puts the Prime franchise back into business, and I can’t wait to see the fourth entry

I personally have echoes over prime 1 and fusion over super but still all really awesome!

5- Dread 4- Metroid Prime 3: Corruption(I think it's the 4th but to my personal taste is my 2nd, I truly love this game!!) 3- Super Metroid 2- Metroid Prime 1- Metroid Prime 2: Echoes(this one is fucki'n underrated so badly! It's the BEST Metroidvania ever!)

No Nintendo franchise will ever have scarier monsters than Metroid.

Even after that Metroid dread is still arguably the best Metroid game by a landslide

My ranking: 1. Metroid Prime 2. Super Metroid 3. Echoes 4. Fusion 5. Corruption 6. Dread 7. Zero Mission 8. Samus Returns 9. Return of Samus 10. Metroid 11. Other M 12. Hunters 13. Federation Force I haven't played Pinball and I haven't completed Other M, so the ranking could change. It always does anyway.

My personal top 5. 1. Metroid Prime. 2. Super Metroid. 3. Metroid Zero Mission. 4. Metroid Dread. 5. Metroid Prime 2

my ranking is 1. Dread 2. Fusion 3. Zero Mission 4. Prime 2 5. Prime 3 6. Super 7. Prime 8. Samus Returns 9. Other M 10. Metroid 2 11. Metroid

- Metroid Prime - Super Metroid - Prime 3 - Metroid Dread - Samus Returns - Metroid Fusion - Metroid Zero Mission - Prime 2: Echoes

Dread was my first Metroid and I love it, made me play super and now I can’t wait to play prime remastered

I like playing Metroid Prime with the old school controls. At first it can be odd, but they whole game was built with those controls in mind

I only played OG, snes version, and prime. Prime blew me away on the cube, and when I found out you could unlock the OG once beat I was all about it. I never beat that witch mother brain lol

Me personally I would swap prime with super but I agree with this list overall and I completely understand super metroid being 1st

So freaking good 🔥

Metroid Prime got me into the earlier Metroid games. Dread was amazing, Samus Returns remake was fun, still haven't played fusion. I had fun with Other M, but I can see why others do not like it. Debating if I want to buy Metroid Prime, don't really want to mess up how I originally felt about the game. It was just an awesome playthrough when I was younger.

Once prime 4 comes out, how about a redux including that AND Prime pinball and Federation Force

My top 8 is the same as theirs, but I would rank them 1. Echoes; 2. Dread; 3. Prime; 4. Super; 5. Fusion; 6. Corruption; 7. Returns; 8. Zero

The only game left in the franchise that both needs and deserves a remake is Prime Hunters.

The top 3 for me currently are: Dread Echoes Fusion

It’s funny how much of this reflects my own ranking, you know the series is good when certain games a consistently rated the same by fans. For me though, my top 5 are: 1. Metroid Prime 1 2. Metroid Fusion 3-4. Metroid Dread and Super Metroid (3/4 are interchangeable based on which I played most recently) 5. Metroid Prime 3

Super Metroid doesn't control flawlessly, there are some things that were handled better in the GBA games. Like the quick selection of missiles, not having the run button, easier wall jumping (the wall jumping in the SNES game is a little unreliable) and not having to use five missiles to open a red door. But there are hacks that fixes these things, making the game even better.

For me 1 to 5 are: Super, Prime, Echoes, Dread, Zero Mission. Echoes is my personal favorite but Super and Prime gain points for being so dang groundbreaking. Dread is near perfect but loses points for some really poor writing choices imo. Zero Mission remains a beautiful and accessible 2D-art title even as it begins to show its age.

1. Prime 2. Super 3. Dread 4. Prime 2: Echoes 5. Zero Mission 6. Fusion 7. Prime 3: Corruption 8. Samus Returns 9. Federation Force 10. Prime Hunters 11. Prime Pinball 12. Metroid 2 13. Metroid 1 100. other m

The first Metroid I ever picked up to try out is Metroid dread. I’m quite enjoying it and look forward to picking up the prime remake . I’m kind of a noob to the older Nintendo titles that aren’t Mario or Zelda 🤣

Metroid Prime 1 was so ahead of it's time.

My list would be pretty different and no doubt some would take issue with it. 1. Zero Mission 2. Corruption 3. Fusion 4. Prime 5. Echoes 6. Dread 7. Super 7. Samus Returns 8. Other M 9. Metroid 10. Hunters 11. Metroid 2 Super is great don't get me wrong but personally I never liked how floaty Samus feels, and things like the wall jump and overall movement feel a little clunky. It's still the best sprite based Metroid though easily, game is gorgeous Dread is in a weird spot for me. Game feels...incomplete but not like Pokemon did. Everything works but the ending is really abrupt, there's strange blank areas on the map and doors that go nowhere. Supposedly the development of the game was troubled and they had more in store but ran out of time and it certainly feels that way at times. Movement feels phenomenal in Dread but I really don't like the speed booster and invisibility being mapped to pressing down on the joystick. Speed booster especially feels really awkward and I wish it was automatic like ZM/Fusion. I liked the story but I honestly didn't like Samus' characterization that much. Sure she was cool but she didn't feel like Fusion Samus at all which was jarring since Dread is a direct sequel

I would’ve put Corruption above Prime 1 and Super Metroid lower, but that’s me. My top 3 are Dread, Fusion, and Corruption. I wish the gameplay from Other M would come back evolved because it worked sooo well

No, I would put Metroid II over I. You can crouch, aim downwards, the maps are less copy and paste repetitive and the different Metroid forms do amount to more unique types of fights versus the mere three bosses of the first game. Also, actual save points.

how does Prime Remastered rank in this ranking?

It hurts my soul to see Prime 3 so low on the list 😢

I dont think anything will ever top super metroid...I still remember playing it as a teen and thinking wow this is the pinnacle of gaming...And yep I was right. Literally only game that ever game me goosebumps from beg to the very end...

Before even starting the video, I knew Other M was gonna be last. And I’m here to say it’s one of my fav Metroid games ever. Not for everyone but I adored it so much. It’s ok everyone’s opinions differ and it’s ok.❤❤❤